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Publications and source records attributed to Minghua Lin.
Sendov's conjecture, which was first introduced in the last 50s, asserts that if all the zeros of a polynomial $p$ lie in the closed unit disk then for each zero there must be a critical point of $p$ within unit distance. This paper confirms the conjecture.
Hadamard's determinant inequality was refined and generalized by Zhang and Yang in [Acta Math. Appl. Sinica 20 (1997) 269-274]. Some special cases of the result were rediscovered recently by Rozanski, Witula and Hetmaniok in [Linear Algebra Appl. 532 (2017) 500-511]. We revisit the result in the case of positive semidefinite matrices, giving a new proof in terms of majorization and a complete description of the conditions for equality in the positive definite case. We also mention a block extension, which makes use of a result of Thompson in the 1960s.
We revisit and comment on the Harnack type determinantal inequality for contractive matrices obtained by Tung in the nineteen sixtieth and give an extension of the inequality involving multiple positive semidefinite matrices.
It is shown that if two hyperbolic polynomials have a particular factorization into quadratics, then their roots satisfy a power majorization relation whenever key coefficients in their factorizations satisfy a corresponding majorization relation. In particular, a numerical observation by Kleme\v{s} is confirmed.
We bring in some new notions associated with $2\times 2$ block positive semidefinite matrices. These notions concern the inequalities between the singular values of the off diagonal blocks and the eigenvalues of the arithmetic mean or geometric mean of the diagonal blocks. We investigate some relations between them. Many examples are included to illustrate these relations.
In comparing geodesics induced by different metrics, Audenaert formulated the following determinantal inequality $$\det(A^2+|BA|)\le \det(A^2+AB),$$ where $A, B$ are $n\times n$ positive semidefinite matrices. We complement his result by proving $$\det(A^2+|AB|)\ge \det(A^2+AB).$$ Our proofs feature the fruitful interplay between determinantal inequalities and majorization relations. Some related questions are mentioned.
Companion matrices of the second type are characterized by properties that involve bilinear maps.
Let $A, B$ be $n\times n$ positive semidefinite matrices. Bhatia and Kittaneh asked whether it is true $$ \sqrt{\sigma_j(AB)}\le \frac{1}{2} \lambda_j(A+B), \qquad j=1, \ldots, n$$ where $\sigma_j(\cdot)$, $\lambda_j(\cdot)$, are the $j$-th largest singular value, eigenvalue, respectively. The question was recently solved by Drury in the affirmative. This article revisits Drury's solution. In particular, we simplify the proof for a key auxiliary result in his solution.
About last 70s, Haynsworth [6] used a result of the Schur complement to refine a determinant inequality for positive definite matrices. Haynsworth's result was improved by Hartfiel [5]. We extend their result to a larger class of matrices, namely, matrices whose numerical range is contained in a sector. Our proof relies on a number of new relations for the Schur complement of this class of matrices.
Let $T=\begin{bmatrix} X &Y\\ 0 & Z\end{bmatrix}$ be an $n$-square matrix, where $X, Z$ are $r$-square and $(n-r)$-square, respectively. Among other determinantal inequalities, it is proved $\det(I_n+T^*T)\ge \det(I_r+X^*X)\cdot \det(I_{n-r}+Z^*Z)$ with equality holds if and only if $Y=0$.
We prove that generalized matrix functions satisfy a block-matrix strong superadditivity inequality over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices. Our result extends a recent result of Paksoy-Turkmen-Zhang (V. Paksoy, R. Turkmen, F. Zhang, Inequalities of generalized matrix functions via tensor products, Electron. J. Linear Algebra 27 (2014) 332-341.). As an application, we obtain a short proof of a classical inequality of Thompson (1961) on block matrix determinants.
This note revisits some majorization inequalities for eigenvalues, special attention is given to an elegant theorem of Hiroshima. An extension of the special case of Hiroshima's theorem is presented. Some discussion and open problems are also included.
We improve the operator Kantorovich inequality as follows: Let $A$ be a positive operator on a Hilbert space with $0<m\le A \le M$. Then for every unital positive linear map $Φ$, \[Φ(A^{-1})^2\le (\frac{(M+m)^2}{4Mm})^2Φ(A)^{-2}.\] As a consequence, \[Φ(A^{-1})Φ(A)+Φ(A)Φ(A^{-1}) \le \frac{(M+m)^2}{2Mm}.\]
We prove a conjectured determinantal inequality: \frac{\det J}{\prod_{i=1}^nJ_{ii}}\le 2(1-\frac{1}{n-1})^{n-1}, where $J$ is a real $n\times n$ ($n\ge 2$) diagonally balanced symmetric matrix.
Let $A={bmatrix} A_{11} &A_{12} A_{21} & A_{22} {bmatrix}$ be an $n\times n$ accretive-dissipative matrix, $k$ and l be the orders of $A_{11}$ and $A_{22}$, respectively, and let $m=\min\{k,l\}$. Then $$|\det A|\le a|\det A_{11}|\cdot|\det A_{22}|,$$ where $a=\{{array}{l l} 2^{3m/2}, & \text{if} m\le n/3; 2^{n/2}, & \text{if} n/3<m\le n/2. {array}.$ This improves a result of Ikramov.
Positive semidefinite matrices partitioned into a small number of Hermitian blocks have a remarkable property. Such a matrix may be written in a simple way from the sum of its diagonal blocks
Let $H$ be a positive semi-definite matrix partitioned in $β\times β$ Hermitian blocks, $H=[A_{s,t}]$, $1\le s,t,\le β$. Then, for all symmetric norms, {equation*} \| H \| \le \| \sum_{s=1}^β A_{s,s} \|. {equation*} The proof uses a nice decomposition for positive matrices and unitary congruences with the generators of a Clifford algebra. A few corollaries are given, in particular the partial trace operation increases norms of separable states on a real Hilbert space, leading to a conjecture for usual complex Hilbert spaces.
This short paper revisits a remarkable but almost overlooked result of Djoković [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1971) 19-23]. A connection to a result of uSemrl is pointed out. With Djoković's result, an extension of Craig-Sakamoto theorem to $k$ ($k\ge 2$) normal matrices is presented. A comment to a recent monthly problem is also given.